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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

beguile

verb

Definition

to charm or trick into doing something

In a sentence

The con artist beguiled investors with promises.

Similar words

  • deceive
  • charm

Why this word matters: beguile appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.