GRE Word List

BETRAY

to lead astray

The meaning of the word betray is to lead astray.

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insubordinationdisobedient to authority
fringean ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
finitehaving definite or definable limits
witherto become dry and sapless
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
slewa large number