GRE Word List
IRREPRESSIBLE
unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back
The meaning of the word irrepressible is unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timbre | quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch) |
| dispense | distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule |
| insightful | discerning; perceptive |
| ambulatory | able to walk |
| ebullient | showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling |
| turbid | (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick |
| ratiocination | reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically |
| procrastinate | postpone; delay or put off |
| surfeit | satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff; indulge to excess in anything; N: surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit of food |
| dilapidated | falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation |