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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|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| cue | the letter q |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |