GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| thespian | actor |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| ram | a male sheep |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |