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 |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| engender | beget |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| imbue | endow |
| effete | no longer fertile |