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 |
|---|---|
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
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| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| progeny | descendants |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |