Words to Bring Back: “Inveigle”

– Definition: v. to entice or induce by guile or flattery
– Used in a sentence: Demagogues often use exceptionalism to inveigle their would-be followers.
– Why: It is something so pervasive that critical-thinking skills should be taught beginning in kindergarten.

Author: Neal Ross Attinson

Neal Ross Attinson is one of those text-compulsives who feels naked without a keyboard, or at least a a pad and pen. He is unafraid of adverbs, loves astronomy and gastronomy with equally unabashed passion, and lives with/in an eclectic library in Sonoma, California.

2 thoughts on “Words to Bring Back: “Inveigle””

  1. Texas school board forbids the teaching of critical thinking skills. Why do we care? Because they publish all the K-12 textbooks.

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