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
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
pediatriciana specialist in pediatrics
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
hema border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down
rousinggiving rise to excitement : stirring
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
vestigea trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost