GRE Word List
ENLIVEN
to give life, action, or spirit to : animate
The meaning of the word enliven is to give life, action, or spirit to : animate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| rift | fissure |
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| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |