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 |
|---|---|
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
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| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| groom | bridegroom |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |