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.

Random words

WordMeaning
unassuagednot quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged
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mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
inveigleto win over by wiles : entice
stratageman artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
penurya cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part