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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| stench | stink |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |