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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litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
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fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
motilitythe quality or state of being motile : capability of movement
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dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
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