GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |