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 |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |