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 |
|---|---|
| suppliant | supplicant |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| mulct | fine |
| pummel | pound |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |