GRE Word List
BELIE
to give a false impression of
The meaning of the word belie is to give a false impression of.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
predispose | to dispose in advance |
junket | trip |
compulsory | mandatory |
beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |