GRE Word List
REPEL
to drive back : repulse
The meaning of the word repel is to drive back : repulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| junket | trip |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |