Disabuse GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Disabuse GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˌdɪs.əˈbjuːz/ (verb) Definition to persuade someone that a notion or idea is incorrect or untrue, free from error, set straight, purge, correct, undeceive, set right, enlighten, shatter someone's illusions, disillusion Example On 7 January 1610 Galileo used his telescope, with optics superior to what had been available before. He described "three fixed stars, totally invisible by their smallness", all close to Jupiter, and lying on a straight line through it. Observations on subsequent nights showed that the positions of these "stars" relative to Jupiter were changing in a way that would have been inexplicable if they ...

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