GRE Word List
DELUSIVE
likely to delude
The meaning of the word delusive is likely to delude.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| reek | smoke |