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Spell Bee Word: Exhort


Basic Details

Word: Exhort

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To urge someone strongly and seriously to do something.

Synonyms: urge, encourage, press, implore

Antonyms: discourage, deter, dissuade

How to Spell Exhort

Syllables: ex - hort

Tricky part: The h is silent, so many students write exort. The vowel is a plain o, as in short, and the word ends in rt.

Watch out for: exort, egzort, exhourt

Memory tip: Learn exhort in a set with exhaust and exhibit: all three put a silent h straight after ex.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The coach exhorted us to keep running until the final whistle.

Example 2: Posters at the bus stand exhort people to keep the city clean.

Example 3: My grandfather would exhort us to read a newspaper every day.

Fun Fact

Exhort comes from the Latin hortari, to encourage. The same root gives hortatory, a formal word for a speech meant to urge people to act.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word exhort as used in the sentence:

The principal exhorted the senior students to set aside their phones during the board exam months.

a) thanked
b) allowed
c) urged
d) forbade

Show answer

c) urged. To exhort is to urge someone strongly, often in a serious speech.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:

Before the final, the captain stood up to threxo her team to play without fear.

a) export
b) extort
c) escort
d) exhort

Show answer

d) exhort. All four end in ort, but only exhort uses an h, and the jumble has one.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

exhoart

a) a
b) t
c) h
d) o

Show answer

a) a. The vowel in exhort is a single o, as in short, with no a beside it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word is closest to the opposite of exhort?

a) press
b) inspire
c) discourage
d) push

Show answer

c) discourage

2. A road-safety poster that exhorts drivers is trying to ____.

a) persuade them to drive carefully
b) sell them a new car
c) show them a map
d) tell them a joke

Show answer

a) persuade them to drive carefully

Associated Words

educationaccusingalteredexpandedmetaphor
latinirritationarrivalhungerpreferred

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