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 |
|---|---|
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| exploit | deed |
| flighty | swift |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |