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 |
|---|---|
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |