GRE Word List
BLANDISHMENT
something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
The meaning of the word blandishment is something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| trance | stupor |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| obscure | dark |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |