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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| 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") |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |