GRE Word List

HORTATORY

hortative

The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.

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flourishto grow luxuriantly : thrive
culverta transverse drain
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
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flaila 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
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
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lateralof or relating to the side
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
gauchelacking social experience or grace