GRE Word List

IRREPRESSIBLE

impossible to repress, restrain, or control

The meaning of the word irrepressible is impossible to repress, restrain, or control.

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WordMeaning
direexciting horror
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
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tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
squalorthe quality or state of being squalid
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