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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |