GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| sheer | unqualified |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |