GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| prank | trick |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| rift | fissure |