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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| hardy | bold |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| scapegoat | a 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 |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| guy | man |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |