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 |
|---|---|
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |