GRE Word List
ILLUSION
a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion
The meaning of the word illusion is a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| cohorts | companion |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |