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 |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
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| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |