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 |
|---|---|
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| comestible | edible |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |