GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
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