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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |