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 |
|---|---|
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| provident | frugal |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |