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 |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| dull | tedious |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |