GRE Word List
INCENTIVE
something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
The meaning of the word incentive is something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |