GRE Word List
REPEAL
to rescind or annul by authoritative act
The meaning of the word repeal is to rescind or annul by authoritative act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| romp | one that romps |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |