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 |
|---|---|
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |