GRE Word List

HORTATORY

hortative

The meaning of the word hortatory is hortative.

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indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
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frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
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nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
roseateresembling a rose especially in color
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squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout