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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |