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

WordMeaning
emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
mishapan unfortunate accident
pilfersteal
mandatean authoritative command
compriseto be made up of
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
convexcurved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism