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 |
|---|---|
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| brazen | made of brass |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |