GRE Word List

DISCONCERT

to throw into confusion

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

Random words

WordMeaning
declivitydownward inclination
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
contortionsto twist in a violent manner
degradationthe act or process of degrading
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous