GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |