GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sublimate | sublime |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| dominate | rule |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| microcosm | a little world |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |