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 |
|---|---|
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| eventual | contingent |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |