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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WordMeaning
eonan immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age
enjointo direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
manifestoa written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer
abbreviateto make briefer
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
vagaryan erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
damnto condemn to a punishment or fate
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange