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 |
|---|---|
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |