GRE Word List
EVOCATIVE
evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
The meaning of the word evocative is evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |