GRE Word List
ONSLAUGHT
an especially fierce attack
The meaning of the word onslaught is an especially fierce attack.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
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| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
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| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
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| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
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