GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| cataclysm | flood |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |