GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| residual | remainder |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |