GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |