GRE Word List
DISPEL
to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
The meaning of the word dispel is to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| shack | hut |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |