GRE Word List

EMEND

to correct usually by textual alterations

The meaning of the word emend is to correct usually by textual alterations.

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WordMeaning
offensivemaking attack : aggressive
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
apprehendarrest
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air