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 |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |