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 |
|---|---|
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |