GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| lax | loose |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |