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 |
|---|---|
| rightful | just |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |