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 |
|---|---|
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| lax | loose |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |