GRE Word List
REDRESS
to set right : remedy
The meaning of the word redress is to set right : remedy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |