GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |