GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |