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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brochure | pamphlet |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |