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 |
|---|---|
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |