GRE Word List

PROMPT

to move to action : incite

The meaning of the word prompt is to move to action : incite.

Random words

WordMeaning
maculatedmarked with spots : blotched
indissolublenot dissoluble
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
limboan abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
lopean easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
outlandishof or relating to another country : foreign
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol