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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| occident | west |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |