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 |
|---|---|
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| gazette | newspaper |