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 |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
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| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |