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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| inundate | overwhelm |