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 |
|---|---|
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| pitfall | trap |
| prong | fork |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |