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 |
|---|---|
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| shove | to push along |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |