GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| charlatan | quack |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| disconsolate | cheerless |