GRE Word List
REDRESS
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word redress is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| query | question |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
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| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |