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 |
|---|---|
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |