GRE Word List
SOLICIT
to make petition to : entreat
The meaning of the word solicit is to make petition to : entreat.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |