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) |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| raiment | clothing |