GRE Word List
OFFENSIVE
making attack : aggressive
The meaning of the word offensive is making attack : aggressive.
Random words
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| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| billowing | wave |
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