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 |
|---|---|
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| delve | excavate |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| sober | not intoxicated |