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 |
|---|---|
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| haven | harbor |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |