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 |
|---|---|
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |