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 |
|---|---|
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| wreak | bring about |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
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| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
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