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 |
|---|---|
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |