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.

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swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
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juntaa council or committee for political or governmental purposes
wrestto pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
endorseto write on the back of
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