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 |
|---|---|
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
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| rubric | an authoritative rule |