GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| potentate | ruler |
| passe | past one's prime |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |