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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |