GRE Word List
CONJURE
to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly
The meaning of the word conjure is to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |