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 |
|---|---|
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |