GRE Word List
REDRESS
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word redress is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| minuscule | very small |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |