GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| dominate | rule |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |