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 |
|---|---|
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |