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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| nourish | nurture |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |