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 |
|---|---|
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| progeny | descendants |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |