GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| unsavory | insipid |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |