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 |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| stilted | pompous |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |