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 |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| 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 |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| quisling | traitor |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |