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 |
|---|---|
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |