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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| primal | original |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |