GRE Word List

DISSUADE

to advise (a person) against something

The meaning of the word dissuade is to advise (a person) against something.

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abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
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hardybold
formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
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scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
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vindicateto free from allegation or blame