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 |
|---|---|
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |