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 |
|---|---|
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| trenchant | keen |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |