GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| pilfer | steal |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |