GRE Word List

RECTIFY

to set right : remedy

The meaning of the word rectify is to set right : remedy.

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betokento typify beforehand : presage
quaya structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
ferventvery hot : glowing
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extantcurrently or actually existing