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 |
|---|---|
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |