GRE Word List
EXHORT
to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly
The meaning of the word exhort is to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
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| rank | relative standing or position |
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| myriad | ten thousand |
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| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| lax | loose |