GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |