GRE Word List
EMEND
to correct usually by textual alterations
The meaning of the word emend is to correct usually by textual alterations.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| minuscule | very small |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| trance | stupor |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |