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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| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
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| fabricate | invent |
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