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 |
|---|---|
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| demise | death |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |