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 |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| retiring | reserved |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |