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 |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| malediction | curse |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |