GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |