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 |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |