GRE Word List
BEGUILE
hoodwink
The meaning of the word beguile is hoodwink.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| whimsy | whim |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
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