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 |
|---|---|
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| oversee | survey |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |