GRE Word List
ELICIT
to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
The meaning of the word elicit is to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
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| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
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