GRE Word List
REPULSE
reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion
The meaning of the word repulse is reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| florid | ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose |
| verity | quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities |
| debonair | (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition |
| exempt | not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V. |
| ostensible | apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition |
| anthropologist | student of the history and science of humankind |
| inclusive | tending to include all; all-inclusive; Ex. inclusive charge |
| termination | end; V. terminate |
| potential | expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth |
| consummate | complete; V. |
