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 |
|---|---|
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| retribution | recompense |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| onus | burden |