GRE Word List

HORTATORY

hortative

The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.

Random words

WordMeaning
bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
beguilehoodwink
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
unobtrusivenot obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
prizesomething offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain