GRE Word List
DISCREDIT
to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve
The meaning of the word discredit is to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calorific | caloric |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| paramour | lover |