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 |
|---|---|
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |