GRE Word List
REPRESS
to check by or as if by pressure : curb
The meaning of the word repress is to check by or as if by pressure : curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |