GRE Word List

HORTATORY

hortative

The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.

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judicioushaving, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
flauntto display or obtrude oneself to public notice
sadisticof, relating to, or characterized by sadism
swelterto suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
founderone that founds or establishes
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
abjureto renounce upon oath
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
extolto praise highly : glorify
preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd