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 |
|---|---|
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |