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 |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| calorific | caloric |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |