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 |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| calculated | apt |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |