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 |
|---|---|
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |