GRE vocabulary
Disabuse
To free someone from error, misconception, or a mistaken belief.
Example
"He sought to disabuse his students of the common notion that history is merely a collection of isolated facts."
Etymology
From Middle French désabuser, from des- 'un, off' + abuser 'to misuse, mislead.'
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