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 |
|---|---|
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |