GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| forebears | ancestor |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |