GRE Word List

URGENT

calling for immediate attention : pressing

The meaning of the word urgent is calling for immediate attention : pressing.

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denotationan act or process of denoting
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ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
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