beguile

verbCommon GRE wordMore B words

to charm or deceive, often by pleasing means

In a sentence

Beguile in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing beguile in a sentence.

The salesman beguiled customers into buying things they never needed.

Synonyms

charmdeceiveenchantmislead

Antonyms

repeldisenchant

Keep going

marked by riotous, unrestrained revelry and drunken festivity

to pester or harass someone persistently

light, playful, and witty banter

to confuse or perplex thoroughly

threatening harm or menacing in a sinister way

to hesitate or refuse to proceed with something

to swell or puff out, or to increase rapidly in amount or size

lacking originality and so dull or commonplace

Common questions

Beguile (verb) means to charm or deceive, often by pleasing means

Here is beguile used in an example sentence: "The salesman beguiled customers into buying things they never needed."

Common synonyms for beguile include charm, deceive, enchant, mislead.

Antonyms of beguile include repel, disenchant.

Beguile is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.