GRE Word List
DISCONCERT
to throw into confusion
The meaning of the word disconcert is to throw into confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |