GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| quicksilver | mercury |