GRE Word List
REVULSION
a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal
The meaning of the word revulsion is a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |