GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |