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 |
|---|---|
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |