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 |
|---|---|
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |