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 |
|---|---|
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |