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 |
|---|---|
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
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| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |