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 |
|---|---|
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| prattle | prate |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |