GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |