facilitate
to make an action or process easier or more achievable
Word origin: From Latin facilis, easy.
Facilitate in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing facilitate in a sentence.
The mediator worked to facilitate an agreement between the two disputing parties.
A shared vocabulary facilitated cooperation among researchers from very different fields.
Using “facilitate” well
Facilitate means to make a process easier or smoother, often by removing obstacles. Its object is typically an action or process rather than a person.
More GRE words starting with F
to make up something false in order to deceive
a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead
a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories
treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor
achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow
a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
artificially produced or contrived rather than genuine or natural
Questions about “facilitate”
Learn words the way the GRE tests them.
Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.