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 |
|---|---|
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| postulate | demand |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| effete | no longer fertile |