GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| overwhelm | upset |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |