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 |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |