Words like PART or STRESSED that can be read in reverse to form new words (TRAP / DESSERTS) are a specialized type of anagram. Lewis Carroll called them SEMORDNILAP(S) - a reverse spelling of PALINDROMES - which they resemble. (A palindrome is a word that is exactly the same when read in reverse - like KAYAK.) I prefer to call words like PART/TRAP and STRESSED/DESSERTS "perfect anagrams." Can you think of a five-letter word - the perfect anagram of which describes what the word does to most people?

HINT:
There's a well-know story about this word in the New Testament.

Answer:

LEPER - REPEL

Credit:
Joseph Appel