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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flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
lampoon | satire |
precipitant | precipitate |
draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |