GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |