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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| unfrock | defrock |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |