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 |
|---|---|
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |