GRE Word List
DISCONCERT
to throw into confusion
The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| occident | west |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |