GRE Word List

DISCOMFIT

to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert

The meaning of the word discomfit is to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert.

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reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
briman upper or outer margin : verge
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
meteto give out by measure : dole out
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)