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 |
|---|---|
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| hortatory | hortative |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |