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 |
|---|---|
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |