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 |
|---|---|
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |