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 |
|---|---|
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |