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 |
|---|---|
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| append | attach |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| purported | reputed |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |