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 |
|---|---|
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |