GRE Word List
REPULSE
to drive or beat back : repel
The meaning of the word repulse is to drive or beat back : repel.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| nexus | connection |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |