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 |
|---|---|
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |