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 |
|---|---|
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| raspy | harsh |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |