GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| violate | break |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |