GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
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| microcosm | a little world |
| headlong | headfirst |