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 |
|---|---|
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |