GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| nexus | connection |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |