GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |