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 |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| occident | west |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |