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 |
|---|---|
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| faculty | ability |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |