GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nib | bill |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| provident | frugal |