GRE Word List
BEGUILE
hoodwink
The meaning of the word beguile is hoodwink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |