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 |
|---|---|
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |