GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| billow | wave |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |