GRE Word List

REDRESS

to set right : remedy

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

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buxomvigorously or healthily plump
febrilemarked or caused by fever : feverish
vertebrateany 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
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
compulsionan act of compelling
minusculevery small
superfluousexceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
chaoticmarked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered