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
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
mediumsomething in a middle position
valedictoryof or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell
ariaair
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
muddleto make turbid or muddy
reckoncount