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 |
|---|---|
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| enhance | heighten |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| quench | put out |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |