GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
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|---|---|
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
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| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
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| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
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| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |