GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| exude | to ooze out |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |