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 |
|---|---|
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| quench | put out |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |