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 |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |