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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |