GRE Word List
DISSIPATE
squander; waste foolishly; scatter
The meaning of the word dissipate is squander; waste foolishly; scatter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rostrum | raised platform for speech-making; pulpit |
| blush | become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N. |
| degenerate | become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person |
| demise | death |
| queer | strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal |
| mutablility | ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant |
| galleon | large three-masted sailing ship |
| promiscuous | mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |
| deviate | turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism |
| corrosive | eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce |
