GRE Word List

DISCONCERT

to throw into confusion

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

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WordMeaning
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
debunkto expose the sham (see sham
castrateto deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
belligerentinclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence