GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |