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 |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |