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 |
|---|---|
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |