GRE Word List
DISABUSE
correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief
The meaning of the word disabuse is correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slick | make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib |
| relegate | put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division |
| figment | invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination |
| whine | complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication) |
| eccentricity | oddity; idiosyncrasy |
| rigor | severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter |
| alienate | make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of |
| infer | deduce; conclude; N. inference |
| corpulent | very fat; N. corpulence |
| abstinence | restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote |
