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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| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |