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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |