GRE Word List
ENGAGE
attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle
The meaning of the word engage is attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precarious | unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; Ex. precarious living |
| outgoing | sociable; eager to mix socially with others |
| bulk | size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size |
| bulge | protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude |
| rousing | lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up |
| collateral | security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters |
| cleft | N: split |
| dehydrate | remove water from; dry out |
| graphic | pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described |
| babble | chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. |
