GRE Word List
BEGUILE
hoodwink
The meaning of the word beguile is hoodwink.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
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| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |