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 |
|---|---|
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |