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 |
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communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
except | with the exclusion or exception of |
infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
wry | twist |
render | to melt down |
banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |