GRE Word List
TANTALIZE
to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
The meaning of the word tantalize is to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| obscure | dark |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |