GRE Word List

PROMPT

to move to action : incite

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

Random words

WordMeaning
penetrateto pass into or through
stemthe main trunk of a plant
depositiona testifying especially before a court
seditionincitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
liabilitythe quality or state of being liable
abortiveprematurely born
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
shavingthe act of one that shaves