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 |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
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| whimsy | whim |