GRE Word List
DISCONCERT
to throw into confusion
The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clientele | a body of clients |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| 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") |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |