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 |
|---|---|
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |