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 |
|---|---|
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |