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 |
|---|---|
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
