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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
