SAT vocabulary

Inveigle

To persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery.

Example

"She tried to inveigle him into signing the contract with promises of immense future wealth."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman envegler, from Old French aveugler 'to blind,' from Latin ab oculis 'from the eyes.' The sense evolved from blinding to deceiving.

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