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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |