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 |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| faculty | ability |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |