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 |
|---|---|
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| boor | peasant |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |