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 |
|---|---|
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |