GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| impinge | encroach |