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 |
|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| overwhelm | upset |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |