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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WordMeaning
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
bolstera long pillow or cushion
jocularsaid or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree