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 |
|---|---|
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |