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 |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| enduring | lasting |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |