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 |
|---|---|
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| modish | fashionable |