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 |
|---|---|
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |