| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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importune
to ask urgently or persistently
Fearing her parents’ reaction to a C in biology, she importuned her teacher to raise her grade.
Related English words: importunacy (the quality or state of being importunate), importunate (annoyingly persistent in asking), importunateness (importunacy), importuner, importunity (importunateness)
Latin root words: importunus, importuna, importunum - unsuitable, unfit; importunitas, importunitatis, f. - unsuitableness
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