GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |