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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toxiccontaining or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation
filchto steal secretly or casually
fulsomecharacterized by abundance : copious
hoarda supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
morbidof, relating to, or characteristic of disease
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
fortuitousoccurring by chance
aspirantone who aspires