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 |
|---|---|
| disport | sport |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| heed | to pay attention |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| combustible | capable of combustion |