GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| indite | make up |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |