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 |
|---|---|
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| malediction | curse |