GRE Word List

HORTATORY

hortative

The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.

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commensuratecorresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
legacya gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest
delusionsomething that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe