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 |
|---|---|
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| engender | beget |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| calorific | caloric |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| unique | being the only one : sole |