GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |