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.

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casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
naivetea naive remark or action
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
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jollitythe quality or state of being jolly : merriment
blatantnoisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous
outskirtsa part remote from the center : border
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
disinterto take out of the grave or tomb