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 |
|---|---|
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |