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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |