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 |
|---|---|
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| welter | writhe |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |