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 |
|---|---|
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| groom | bridegroom |