GRE Word List
PROMPT
to move to action : incite
The meaning of the word prompt is to move to action : incite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| reverberate | reflect |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| apprehend | arrest |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |