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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WordMeaning
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
precisa concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts
linguisticof or relating to language or linguistics
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
actuaryclerk
skirmisha minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements