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 |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |