GRE Word List
DISABUSE
to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
The meaning of the word disabuse is to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |