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 |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |