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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anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
decolletewearing a strapless or low-necked dress
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane