Assert/GRE/Barron

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assert

• state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action);
  • Ex. assert one's independence
  • 例句: When Jill asserted that nobody else in the junior class had such an early curfew, her parents Asserted themselves, telling her that if she didn't get home by nine o'clock she would be grounded for the week.