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 |
|---|---|
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |