GRE Word List

URGE

to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly

The meaning of the word urge is to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly.

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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
pinionthe terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
triggera piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
sciondescendant
trenchantkeen
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sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout