GRE Word List
HORTATORY
hortative
The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| sophist | philosopher |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |