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 |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| puerile | juvenile |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| stringent | tight |