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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|---|---|
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
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| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
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| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| condole | grieve |
| amend | to put right |