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 |
|---|---|
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |