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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paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
flagany of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as
grumbleto mutter in discontent
reactionaryrelating to, marked by, or favoring reaction
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
coercionthe act, process, or power of coercing
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
appellationan identifying name or title : designation