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 |
|---|---|
| pending | during |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |