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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|---|---|
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
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| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
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| founder | one that founds or establishes |
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| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |