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 |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| malediction | curse |