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 |
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wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
endue | provide |
spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |