GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| upright | perpendicular |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |