GRE Word List
DISCONCERT
to throw into confusion
The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| scion | descendant |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |