GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
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| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
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| ensconce | shelter |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
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| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |