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 |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |