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 |
|---|---|
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| deify | to make a god of |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |