GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| dour | stern |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |