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 |
|---|---|
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| dour | stern |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| 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 |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| diva | prima donna |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |