GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |