GRE Word List

SUPPLICATE

to make a humble entreaty

The meaning of the word supplicate is to make a humble entreaty.

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refulgenta radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance
cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
demolitionthe act of demolishing
errantbehaving wrongly
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
allocateto apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute
conteststrive
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep