GRE Word List
DISCONCERT
to throw into confusion
The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |