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 |
|---|---|
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |