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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |