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 |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |