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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| lode | waterway |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |