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 |
|---|---|
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| engender | beget |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |