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 |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
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