GRE Word List

RECTIFY

to set right : remedy

The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.

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WordMeaning
meddlesomegiven to meddling
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
eminentexhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent
contusioninjury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise