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.
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consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
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infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
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copious | yielding something abundantly |
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