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 |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
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| progeny | descendants |
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| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
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