GRE Word List
ACTUATE
motivate; activate; cause to act
The meaning of the word actuate is motivate; activate; cause to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stamp | step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish); put an end to; imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal; shape with a die; characterize; Ex. machine stamping out car bodies; Ex. newspaper stamping him as a liar; N. stamping; implement used to stamp; impression stamped; mark; Ex. Her remarks bear the stamp of truth. |
| jollity | gaiety; cheerfulness; ADJ. jolly: merry; gay |
| gargoyle | waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building |
| epithet | word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous) |
| prolixity | tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse |
| indubitable | unable to be doubted; which cannot be doubted; unquestionable |
| melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia |
| nondescript | undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd |
| defray | provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay |
| spectrum | colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts |
