GRE Word List

HORTATORY

hortative

The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.

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actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
breadthdistance from side to side : width
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
cringeto recoil in distaste
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banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner