GRE Word List
DELUDE
to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive
The meaning of the word delude is to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| provenance | origin |
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| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
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