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 |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |