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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| gnome | maxim |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |