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 |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |