GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| plait | pleat |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| feint | something feigned |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |