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 |
|---|---|
| natal | native |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |