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 |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| charlatan | quack |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
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| predetermine | foreordain |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |