GRE Word List
ENLIST
to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest
The meaning of the word enlist is to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| lode | waterway |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |