GRE Word List

PROMPT

to move to action : incite

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

Random words

WordMeaning
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
tensilecapable of tension : ductile
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
virilehaving traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group