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
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
bogwet spongy ground
odiumthe state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance
larcenythe unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands