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 |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |