GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| chafe | irritate |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |