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 |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| imbue | endow |