GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |