GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| steep | lofty |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |