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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| encumber | weigh down |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| espouse | marry |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |