GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| sheer | unqualified |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |