GRE Word List
DISSIPATE
to break up and drive off
The meaning of the word dissipate is to break up and drive off.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
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| brawny | muscular |
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| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
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