GRE Word List
INSTIGATE
to goad or urge forward : provoke
The meaning of the word instigate is to goad or urge forward : provoke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| conifer | any 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 |
| indite | make up |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |