GRE Word List
ACTUATE
to put into mechanical action or motion
The meaning of the word actuate is to put into mechanical action or motion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| executioner | one who executes |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| fuddle | booze |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |