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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| dire | exciting horror |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |