GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| lampoon | satire |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |