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 |
|---|---|
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| auroral | dawn |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |