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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|---|---|
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| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
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| motley | variegated in color |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
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