GRE Word List
ENTREAT
to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
The meaning of the word entreat is to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| farce | stuff |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |