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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| fabricate | invent |
| disclose | to make known or public |
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