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 |
|---|---|
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |