GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| drab | slattern |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |