GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ramification | branch |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |