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 |
|---|---|
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| appease | pacify |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |