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 |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |