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
dilapidateddecayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
egregiousconspicuous
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
paradoxone (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
smolderto burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
badinageplayful repartee : banter