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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WordMeaning
fruitfulyielding or producing fruit
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
remissnegligent in the performance of work or duty : careless
suppliantsupplicant
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
credencemental acceptance as true or real
delugean overflowing of the land by water
revileto subject to verbal abuse : vituperate