Webster Essential Vocabulary

elicit(el IS it) vt. 1. to draw out; evoke; 2. to cause to be revealed

• Perry’s quiet manner was meant to elicita confession.


• She hoped to elicita hint as to what her present might be.


• The pitch was made to elicitenough sympathy to get a monetary contribution.
  [-ed, -ing, -able adj.,-ation n.]
  elite(e LEET) n.1. those selected or regarded as the finest, best, most distin-
  guished, etc.; 2. a size of type for typewriters (remember them?) measuring 12 char-
  acters per inch —adj. of, forming, or suitable for elites


• The SEALS are the eliteof the U.S. Navy.


• The eliteof the feline family is the Siberian tiger.


• My old IBM Selectric II used courier (10 characters per inch) and elite
  (12 characters per inch) interchangable type balls.


• The British Commandos are an elitegroup.

Quick Review #31.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

E: SAT Words 93

1. eccentric


2. eclectic


3. ecological


4. economic


5. ecstatic


6. effect


7. effective


8. efficacious


9. efficient


10. egregious


11. elated


12. element


13. elicit


14. elite

a. extract

b. best

c. joyful

d. finest

e. horrible

f. component

g. interrelated

h. actual

i. rapturous

j. working

k. outcome

l. of money

m. hodgepodge

n. unconventional