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 |
|---|---|
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| bauble | trinket |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |