GRE Word List
IMPLORE
to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg
The meaning of the word implore is to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bliss | complete happiness |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |