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 |
|---|---|
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |