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 |
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| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
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| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
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| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |