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 |
|---|---|
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |