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 |
|---|---|
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| verge | brink |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |