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 |
|---|---|
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| osseous | bony |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |