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 |
|---|---|
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
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| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| asunder | into parts |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| demise | death |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |