GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| viand | an item of food |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| addle | rotten |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |