The plant's oily leaves are designed to repel water, allowing droplets to roll off and keep the surface dry.
这种植物的油性叶片旨在排斥水分，使水滴滚落并保持表面干燥。
Which choice best defines “repel”?
D — To drive or force back or away. “repel” means to drive or force back or away.
Which word means “to drive or force back or away”?
B — repel. “repel” means to drive or force back or away.
repel — to drive or force back or away. In Chinese: 驱逐, 排斥.
repel is pronounced /rɪˈpɛl/.
The plant's oily leaves are designed to repel water, allowing droplets to roll off and keep the surface dry. (这种植物的油性叶片旨在排斥水分，使水滴滚落并保持表面干燥。)
repulse, drive back, fend off — all close in meaning to repel (to drive or force back or away).
attract, absorb — each the opposite of repel (to drive or force back or away).
Yes. repel is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
re(again) + pel(push) → push away