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 |
|---|---|
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| veracious | truthful |
| replicate | duplicate |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |