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 |
|---|---|
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| freebooter | pirate |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| dominate | rule |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |