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 |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| provenance | origin |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |