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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
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