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 |
|---|---|
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
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| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
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| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |