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 |
|---|---|
| lewd | obscene |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| poise | balance |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| demise | death |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |