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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piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
dearthscarcity that makes dear
healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
cerebrationto use the mind : think
cringeto recoil in distaste