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 |
|---|---|
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |