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 |
|---|---|
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |