GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| cipher | zero |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| reverberate | reflect |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |