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 |
|---|---|
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| actuary | clerk |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |