GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
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| sibling | sib |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
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| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
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| corpuscle | a minute particle |
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