GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |