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 |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |