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 |
|---|---|
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| freebooter | pirate |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |