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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clip | encompass |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |