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dispel

verbCommon GRE wordMore D words

to drive away or cause to vanish, especially doubts or fears

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His calm explanation dispelled the rumors of a recall.

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createarouseprovoke

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The treaty was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy, yet historians now regard its terms as blank, since they merely postponed the conflicts they claimed to resolve.

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Dispel (verb) means to drive away or cause to vanish, especially doubts or fears
Here is dispel used in an example sentence: "His calm explanation dispelled the rumors of a recall."
Common synonyms for dispel include dissipate, banish, disperse.
Antonyms of dispel include create, arouse, provoke.
Dispel is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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