GRE Word List

INITIATE

to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going

The meaning of the word initiate is to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going.

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WordMeaning
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
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unassumingnot assuming : modest
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
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merita praiseworthy quality : virtue
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