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beguile

verb/bɪˈɡaɪl/

C2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
LiteraryRegister

To charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way.

The salesman beguiled them into signing a costly contract.

Similar: charm, captivate, deceive

Topic: Cambridge C2 (part 2) in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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