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 |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| lunar | crescent |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |