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 |
|---|---|
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| ensconce | shelter |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |