GRE Word List
DISCOMPOSE
to destroy the composure of
The meaning of the word discompose is to destroy the composure of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| beleaguer | besiege |