GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| steep | lofty |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| expatriate | banish |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |