GRE Word List
REPULSION
the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
The meaning of the word repulsion is the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed.
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internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
nether | situated down or below : lower |
sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |