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 |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |