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 |
|---|---|
| hallowed | holy |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |