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 |
|---|---|
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| fulcrum | prop |
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