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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WordMeaning
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
applicationan act of applying:
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
coevalof the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
phariseea 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
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
rebuketo criticize sharply : reprimand