amend
To change something slightly to make it better or correct.
amend in a sentence
- The teacher asked Leo to amend his story by fixing the spelling mistakes on the first page.
- The chef had to amend the recipe, using less salt, after the first cake tasted awful.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to amend?
- Aworsen
- Bspoil
- Cdamage
- Dchange
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D: change. The other three mean the opposite of amend.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to amend?
- Aimprove
- Bchange
- Cfix
- Dspoil
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D: spoil. The other three mean nearly the same as amend.
Words that mean something similar
change, fix, improve
Words that mean the opposite
spoil, worsen, damage
More words about time & change
- ancient: Very old; from a long, long time ago.
- antique: Very old and often valuable.
- antiquity: The distant past, especially the times of ancient Greece and Rome.
- awry: Not going as planned; twisted to one side.
- calamity: A terrible event that causes great damage or sadness.
- cease: To stop happening or stop doing something.
- commence: To begin or start.
- conclude: To bring something to an end, or to decide something after thinking about it.
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test