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 |
|---|---|
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| hallowed | holy |