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 |
|---|---|
| vise | vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device |
| hindmost | furthest behind; farthest to the rear |
| self-indulgence | excessive indulgence of one's own desire |
| effete | having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted |
| prize | pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship) |
| blackball | vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
| mawkish | mushy(sentimental) and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and objectionably sentimental |
| substantial | of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy |
| burgeon | grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon |
| indite | write; compose |
