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 |
|---|---|
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| vixen | a female fox |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |