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 |
|---|---|
| primal | original |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| scintilla | spark |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |