GRE Word List
BETRAY
to lead astray
The meaning of the word betray is to lead astray.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |