Vocabulary Today

Definition of mislead

misled play \-ˈled\; misleading

transitive verb

: : to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit 

• His comments were a deliberate attempt to misleadthe public.

intransitive verb

: to lead astray : give a wrong impression

Definition of deceptive

: tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive 

• a deceptiveappearance

 

• a pitcher with a deceptive windup
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Vocabulary Today

euthanasia:: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy

Definition of absurd

1: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous 

• an absurdargument

 : extremely silly or ridiculous 

• absurd humor

2: having no rational or orderly relationship to human life : meaningless 

• an absurd universe

; also : lacking order or value 

• anabsurd existence

3: dealing with the absurd (see 2absurd) or with absurdism 

• absurdtheater

Definition of reticence

1: the quality or state of being reticent : reserve, restraint

: an instance of being reticent

: reluctance 1