GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| hubbub | noise |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |