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 |
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |