GRE Word List
BEGUILE
hoodwink
The meaning of the word beguile is hoodwink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nib | bill |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |