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 |
|---|---|
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |