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

WordMeaning
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
subsidya grant or gift of money: such as
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
delusivelikely to delude
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
illusorybased on or producing illusion : deceptive
realmkingdom
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd