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 |
|---|---|
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| effete | no longer fertile |