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 |
|---|---|
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| executioner | one who executes |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |