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 |
|---|---|
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| prong | fork |
| stringent | tight |