GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |