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 |
|---|---|
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| grouse | any 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 |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |