GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |