GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| leave-taking | departure |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |