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 |
|---|---|
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| reverie | daydream |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |