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 |
|---|---|
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |