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 |
|---|---|
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |