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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| broach | brooch |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |