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 |
|---|---|
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |