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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|---|---|
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |