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 |
|---|---|
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| grotto | cave |
| laud | praise |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |