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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| attentive | mindful |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| facade | the front of a building |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |