GRE Word List
ENGAGE
to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
The meaning of the word engage is to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |