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 |
|---|---|
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |