GRE Word List
PROVOCATIVE
serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
The meaning of the word provocative is serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |