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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recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
concoctto prepare by combining raw materials
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
hoarygray or white with or as if with age
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
madrigala medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form