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 |
|---|---|
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |