GRE Word List
REPUGNANCE
the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
The meaning of the word repugnance is the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |