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 |
|---|---|
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| exhume | disinter |
| invalid | not valid: |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |