GRE Word List
REPULSE
to drive or beat back : repel
The meaning of the word repulse is to drive or beat back : repel.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| rift | fissure |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| natal | native |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |