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 |
|---|---|
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| diva | prima donna |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |