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 |
|---|---|
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| dissension | disagreement |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| brawny | muscular |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |