GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |