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 |
---|---|
cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |