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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| overweening | arrogant |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| thespian | actor |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| docile | easily taught |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |