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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probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
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agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
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pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
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conducivetending to promote or assist