GRE Word List
RECTIFY
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| inequity | injustice |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |