GRE Word List
SEDUCE
to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
The meaning of the word seduce is to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
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| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
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| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
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