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 |
|---|---|
| dominate | rule |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |