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 |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |