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 |
|---|---|
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |