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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| cohorts | companion |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |