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.

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expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
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evenhandedfair