GRE Word List
DISSUADE
to advise (a person) against something
The meaning of the word dissuade is to advise (a person) against something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |