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 |
|---|---|
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |