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 |
|---|---|
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |