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 |
|---|---|
| foppish | foolish |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| canny | clever |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |