GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |