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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| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
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