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 |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
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| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| whimsy | whim |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |