GRE Word List
DISCONCERT
to throw into confusion
The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.
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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |