GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marrow | bone marrow |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |