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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probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
integrityfirm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
shamblesa meat market
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
irateroused to ire
equilibriuma state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as