GRE Word List
REPULSE
to drive or beat back : repel
The meaning of the word repulse is to drive or beat back : repel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
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| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
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