GRE Word List
PROBITY
adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
The meaning of the word probity is adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |