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 |
|---|---|
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
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| forego | to go before : precede |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |