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

WordMeaning
botchan inflammatory sore
validhaving legal efficacy or force
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
tediumthe quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
veracioustruthful
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant