GRE Word List

AMEND

to put right

The meaning of the word amend is to put right.

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masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
virilehaving traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
indissolublenot dissoluble
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
flightyswift
gamelya physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other