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

WordMeaning
conteststrive
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
benevolentmarked by or disposed to doing good
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
rabidextremely violent : furious
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
mimicryan instance of mimicking