GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |