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 |
|---|---|
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| headlong | headfirst |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |