GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy
The meaning of the word onslaught is vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fecundity | fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young |
| sustain | suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners |
| lust | intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V. |
| succumb | yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness |
| induct | place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts |
| matrimony | state of being married |
| irrefutable | indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable |
| covert | secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt |
| invocation | prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking |
| piecemeal | one part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal |