GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |