GRE Word List
DISSIPATE
to break up and drive off
The meaning of the word dissipate is to break up and drive off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| stilted | pompous |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| culmination | the action of culminating |