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 |
|---|---|
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |