GRE Word List
DISCONCERT
to throw into confusion
The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |