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 |
|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| dull | tedious |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
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