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 |
|---|---|
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |