GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |