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 |
|---|---|
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |