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 |
|---|---|
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| application | an act of applying: |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |