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 |
|---|---|
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |