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 |
|---|---|
| cipher | zero |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |