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
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proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
determinate | having defined limits |
objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
tessellated | having a checkered appearance |