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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |