GRE Word List
IMPORTUNATE
troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
The meaning of the word importunate is troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
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