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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| Word | Meaning |
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| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| nib | bill |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| diva | prima donna |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |