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 |
|---|---|
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |