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 |
|---|---|
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
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| providence | divine guidance or care |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |