GRE Word List

HORTATORY

hortative

The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.

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obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
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icona person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere
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scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
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