GRE Word List
BETRAY
to lead astray
The meaning of the word betray is to lead astray.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| forlorn | bereft |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |