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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| pharisee | a 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 |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |