GRE Word List
CONFOUND
to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
The meaning of the word confound is to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| beleaguer | besiege |