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 |
|---|---|
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| condole | grieve |