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 |
|---|---|
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |