GRE Word List
URGE
drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action
The meaning of the word urge is drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exempt | not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V. |
| frisk | move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky: playful |
| mash | crush into mash; convert into mash; N: mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl |
| circlet | small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) |
| unwonted | unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality. |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
| uxorious | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
| parameter | limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget |
| dainty | delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress |
| morose | ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy |
