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
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vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
denotation | an act or process of denoting |
spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
actuary | clerk |
gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
ligneous | of or resembling wood |
queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
warranted | sanction |