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 |
|---|---|
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |