GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
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|---|---|
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
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| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |