GRE Word List
IMPORTUNE
to press or urge with troublesome persistence
The meaning of the word importune is to press or urge with troublesome persistence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| nourishment | food |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |