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 |
|---|---|
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| devious | wandering |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |