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 |
|---|---|
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |