GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
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| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
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