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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presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
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archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
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