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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |