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 |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |