GRE Word List
WHEEDLE
to influence or entice by soft words or flattery
The meaning of the word wheedle is to influence or entice by soft words or flattery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
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| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |