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 |
|---|---|
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
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| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| crossbreed | hybridize |