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

WordMeaning
saboteurone that practices sabotage
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
alludeto make indirect reference
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
indecisiona wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution