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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depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
flush | to fly away suddenly |
fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
coin | corner |
scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
prosperous | auspicious |