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 |
|---|---|
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| significant | having meaning |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| demure | reserved |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |