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 |
|---|---|
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |