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 |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |