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 |
|---|---|
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |