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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| 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 |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| effete | no longer fertile |