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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |