GRE Word List
REFUTE
to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
The meaning of the word refute is to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clipper | one that clips something |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| parlance | speech |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |