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 |
|---|---|
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| append | attach |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |