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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |