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 |
|---|---|
| ignite | to set afire |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| quorum | a select group |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
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