GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| freebooter | pirate |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |