GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |