GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demure | reserved |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |