GRE Word List
SOLICIT
to make petition to : entreat
The meaning of the word solicit is to make petition to : entreat.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |