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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |