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 |
|---|---|
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| antecede | precede |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |