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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WordMeaning
animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
headlongheadfirst
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patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
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tranquillitythe quality or state of being tranquil
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
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