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 |
|---|---|
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |