GRE Word List

DISCONCERT

to throw into confusion

The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.

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trystan agreement (as between lovers) to meet
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barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
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cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
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inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
functionaryone who serves in a certain function
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