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 |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |