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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denizen | inhabitant |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
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| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |