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 |
|---|---|
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |