Memrise Practice
Nov 1, 2021
When reading texts about politics for our home assignments, I oftentimes see some words from GRE or SAT, and it engenders motivation to learn more. Although I try to set aside some time to practice advanced words from GRE once in a while, I completely forget to post them here. However, it’s never late to jump right in. Here are my favorites:
Denigrate
- to attack the reputation of. SYN: defame
denigrate one’s opponents
2)to deny the importance or validity of. SYN: belittle, diminish, deprecate
denigrate their achievements
Confound
to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity tactics. SYN: bewilder, dumbfound, perplex, bemuse.
to confound the enemy
Attenuate
to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of. SYN: weaken, enervate
attenuate the impact of awkward facts
