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 |
|---|---|
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| sublimate | sublime |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| inundate | overwhelm |