GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| executor | one who executes something |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |