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 |
|---|---|
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| mandate | an authoritative command |