GRE Word List
SUPPLICATE
to make a humble entreaty
The meaning of the word supplicate is to make a humble entreaty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| comestible | edible |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |