GRE Word List

REPEL

to drive back : repulse

The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.

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WordMeaning
episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
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viandan item of food
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
astigmatisma defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image
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deploreto feel or express grief for
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating