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 |
|---|---|
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| doddering | feeble |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |