GRE Word List
REPELLENT
serving or tending to drive away or ward off
The meaning of the word repellent is serving or tending to drive away or ward off.
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| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
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| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
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| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |