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 |
|---|---|
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| significant | having meaning |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |