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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|---|---|
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
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| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
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| verbalize | to express something in words |
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| inanimate | not animate: |
| representational | one that represents: such as |