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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |