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 |
|---|---|
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |