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 |
|---|---|
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |