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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WordMeaning
compulsionan act of compelling
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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encumberweigh down
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
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