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 |
|---|---|
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |