GRE Word List
AMEND
to put right
The meaning of the word amend is to put right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| facade | the front of a building |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |