GRE Word List
ALLURE
to entice by charm or attraction
The meaning of the word allure is to entice by charm or attraction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| opulence | wealth |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |