GRE Word List
OFFENSIVE
making attack : aggressive
The meaning of the word offensive is making attack : aggressive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |