GRE Word List

PROMPT

to move to action : incite

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

Random words

WordMeaning
knolla small round hill : mound
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
depredationto lay waste : plunder
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
regicidea person who kills a king
rigto fit out with rigging
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt