GRE Word List
PROMPT
to move to action : incite
The meaning of the word prompt is to move to action : incite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| actuary | clerk |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |