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 |
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| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
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| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |