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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| fete | festival |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |