GRE Word List
ELICIT
draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)
The meaning of the word elicit is draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone).
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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embezzlement | taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care) |
delusion | false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that |
impeccable | faultless |
fictitious | imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; Ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional |
religious | of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity |
preposterous | absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous |
frolicsome | prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky |
predilection | preference; partiality |
yeoman | man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer |
universal | characterizing or affecting all; general; present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest |