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 |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |