GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| championship | designation as champion |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| 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 |
| headlong | headfirst |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |