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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |