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 |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
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| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |