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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |