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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| trenchant | keen |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |