GRE Word List
REDRESS
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word redress is to set right : remedy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |