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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
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| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |