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 |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| hubbub | noise |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |