GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collected | gathered together |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |