GRE Word List

INSTIGATE

to goad or urge forward : provoke

The meaning of the word instigate is to goad or urge forward : provoke.

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outwitto get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
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ulteriorgoing beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
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quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
incognitowith one's identity concealed