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

WordMeaning
missivea written communication : letter
wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
hauntto visit often : frequent
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
juggernauta massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path