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 |
|---|---|
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |