GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |