Vocabulary Mapping
WORD: Dissuade
Information
Contextual Definition: to convince one to recall their previous decision or to discourage.
Definition: persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
Original Sentence: She shouldn't have said she was married to a cop, for God's sake; that was too obvious an attempt to dissuade him.
Page Number: 42
Part of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: prevent, divert, deter