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 |
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stench | stink |
avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
pedestrian | commonplace |
transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |