GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| primal | original |