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 |
|---|---|
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |